We performed a comparison between IBM Informix and Teradata based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."For IoT business cases, having Informix Enterprise Edition work on edge computers, like Raspberry Pi and using Informix replication, makes complex situations simple to build and maintain."
"The most valuable feature is concurrency and locking because my customers usually use databases in OLTP mode. So, for a large number of competitive users. Other features that are well valued are quick large-scale data types. It is better than Oracle."
"Every version is faster than the previous."
"Replication is a valuable feature and easy to use."
"It supports in-house-built applications in .NET and VB6"
"It supports multiple applications and business intelligence tools."
"The solution's stability, performance, enhanced functionality, and replication are all great features."
"IBM Informix benefits users with high availability and good integration capabilities."
"Teradata's most valuable feature is that it's easy to use."
"I found all parts --loading, transformation, processing & querying work in parallel, and end-to-end-- to be valuable."
"Teradata can be easily used in ETL mode transformations, so there is no need for expensive and inconvenient ETL tools"
"The most valuable feature of Teradata is the quick processing of large data."
"Teradata's capabilities enhance data management efficiency, support scalability, and contribute to faster query performance."
"The functionality of the solution is excellent."
"The most valuable features are the large volume of data and the structuring of the data to optimize it and get very optimal data warehouse solutions for customers."
"The solution scales well on the cloud."
"There should be more intelligence surrounding discovering data to be able to automatically create indexes."
"It would be helpful to have IBM salespeople know that Informix exists, and sell it. Currently, it is completely ignored by IBM."
"This product could be made easier to use for beginners."
"In my opinion, the packages could be improved. The version I use doesn't allow for packages. I can do some general procedures, but no packages like in Oracle. So, develop separate modules in SQL language. This would be most beneficial for me."
"Continue extending the SQL language for compatibility with the competition's language, including Stored Procedure Language."
"I experienced poor input/output (IO) performance."
"The pricing is a bit expensive."
"I would like to see backups from secondary servers."
"I'm not sure about the unstructured data management capabilities. It could be improved."
"I would like to see an improved Knowledge Base on the web."
"Teradata is an old data warehouse, and they're not improving in terms of new, innovative features."
"I would like to see more integration with many different types of data."
"The current operational approach needs improvement."
"The following could be better: licensing, architecture openness, integration with other tools."
"GUI of administrative tools is really outdated."
"Teradata's UI could be more user-friendly."
IBM Informix is ranked 14th in Relational Databases Tools with 16 reviews while Teradata is ranked 7th in Relational Databases Tools with 54 reviews. IBM Informix is rated 8.6, while Teradata is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Informix writes "Quite stable and flexible but not very innovative". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Teradata writes "Offers seamless integration capabilities and performance optimization features, including extensive indexing and advanced tuning capabilities". IBM Informix is most compared with Oracle Database, SQL Server, IBM Db2 Database and MySQL, whereas Teradata is most compared with SQL Server, Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, MySQL and BigQuery. See our IBM Informix vs. Teradata report.
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